2. Noun. The theory of dealing with illusions. ¹
3. Noun. The doctrine that the material world is an illusion. ¹
4. Noun. The use of illusionary effects in sculpture and art. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illusionism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illusionism
Literary usage of Illusionism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Idola Theatri: A Criticism of Oxford Thought and Thinkers from the by Henry Cecil Sturt (1906)
"... to the cognitive side, his vindication is gravely impaired by what is called
by Kantians phenomenalism, but rather deserves the name of illusionism. ..."
2. Schopenhauer's System in Its Philosophical Significance by William Caldwell (1896)
"In a sense it is not philosophy at all ; or at most it is only its consummate
effrontery and pan - illusionism which is its chief title to recognition. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"He looks upon ' illusionism' as the crowning achievement of Roman ... In the
first place, it is necessary to observe that the term ' illusionism,' which, ..."
4. The Philosophical Review by Sage School of Philosophy, Cunningham, Gustavus Watts, 1881-, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Jacob Gould Schurman (1897)
"do make much of, as Professor Thilly rightly says); this 'illusionism' is the
... Schopenhauer, in spite of his illusionism, has a very serious and a very ..."
5. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1849)
"Buddhist Nihilism or illusionism, introduced and supported by a splendid display
of the novel dialectic art, seems to have deeply impressed and invaded the ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A fragment of this apocryphon was discovered in 1886 and contained three passages
which savoured strongly of illusionism. The name further occurs in Clement ..."
7. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1906)
"... art remains true —illusionism. It is no small achievement to point out a marked
and peculiar feature in monuments that have long been well known. ..."
8. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1906)
"... art remains true —illusionism. It is no small achievement to point out a marked
and peculiar feature in monuments that have long been well known. ..."
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